The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-10
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
,ocA1LAcoNIcs PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.


no good purpose
Generosity toward thy fellowman Will
hide a multitude OF sins.
To know who is making money, read the
names Of our advertisers.
Sales of tobacco have been heavy at all
fine warehouses this week. The improve
mcnt in both color and price is marked.
I'm an exchange we find long and labor
,.d editorial or hard times. We have not
read if as we know as much about the
subject as We want to.
Are YOU a subscriber to the GOLD LEAF?
If not YOU are respectfully requested to
become such Every man in the county
should take his home paper.
The GOLD LEAF is booming and every
son of good father and mother should see
to it at once that his name is on our mailing
list We aim to make the paper specially
interesting to all classes.
Without system in farming, as i'll every
other business, there can bc no success.
Business methods are as important as
technical knowledge. Some farmers do
not seem to regard the truth of this.
Business activity and printers ink are
two of the great magnates that make traue
boom in and out of season. A merchant
who uses the two levers seldom has more
spare time than he can conveniently use
The GOLD LEAF this week presents
fine array of new advertisements-as usual
every week-and we invite the careful
always pay you to read the advertisements
Our friends in Petersburg, Richmond, and
Norfolk. who receive copies of this paper
NAV expect call from our representative
at an early day. We want you to adver-
tiSe with us feeling confident We can give
you value received.
One of the best and ablest edited daily
papers in Virginia is the Richmond Why'
We have effected arrangements with the
publisher by which it will be sent with the
GOLD LEAF one year for $3.50 for the two
papers. Now is the time to subscribe.
The GOLD LEAF is growing in popularity.
Our subscription list is increasing very sat
isfactOry, while the advertising patronage
of the paper shows for itself. And the
strongest proof that advertising pays, Is
the fact that those who advertise once come
again.
An amateur dramatic entertainment is tC
I've given at the Davis Hotel, Kittrell, to
night. 4 number of the young people Will
90 from here. After the performance there
will be a dance. Such affairs at the Davis
Hotel are always of the most pleasant
nature.
Every county and section within fifty
miles of Henderson has been represented
on the tobacco market this week. 1t be
gins to look like return to the old order
Of things sure enough about the several
warehouses now. The merchants report
better business also.
The GOLD LEAF desires to get the new:
from all over the county. Every reader OF
the paper is requested to consider himselt
a special reporter and give us the facts OF
postal card, if no more, whenever any
thing of interest happens in his neighbOr
hood. Friends, let lis hear from you.
lie wasn't very wise,
For he dint advertise
And so his business went the bad, bad bad
u
Coined money every day,
And said he owed it Ill to his adj ,ad lad.
ASHTON (lo,cG) Argus.
One of our exchanges gives this bit o
good advice 1t says: Every man shoul'
own a home No matter how small, II
matter how modest no matter if you hav
to run in debt for it. 1t will pay III til
long run. There will never be a bette
time than now to buy and build.
Mr.. J r. Davis has entered INTO neN
enterprise in the establishment of tn
Wood Lawn Dairy. He delivers mil
daily, fresh and pure, i'll any quantity d'
sired, and at reasonable price. Such
enterprise ought to pay, and the COL
LEAF hopes Mr.. Davis may meet with I'll
encouragement and success he deserves.
Mr.. J. A. Stallings has been delayed
opening his store on account of not ber
able to get his goods here They a
"blOckaded on the way, as the result
the big strike among the freight handlers
the North. He hopes soon to be ready +
business, however, and will make it to Il
interest of those who have to wait for hii
Pay as YOU gO-if you can. The tN
strong points of the credit system are pro
and loss The stOrekeeper gets the prot
and the farmer the loss. The cash syStt
does away with the loss and divides
profits even Remember that, and alwa
pay as you 60. If YOU can't do that, tn
our advice is to go slow, and not far at
time.
sam Jones' the noted preacher, said
Gently: 1.-The most beautiful sight in
world is to see a family around a cheer1
fire. with the head of the family readi
from his local newspaper for which
has paid in advance Now is the time
subscribe for the GOLD LEAF; s.. 90 We
or with the New York Weekly Star
$40.
1t would be good idea to have the to
laid off in fire districts, so that i'll cast
fire when the alarm is sounded the le
ton, by number of the district, might
given. In that way much confusiCl wo
be saved and the effectiveness of the dep
ment greatly enhanced. Let the Conn
siOnerS consider the matter at their n
meeting.
About midnight Tuesday there was
alarm of fire. The fire company
promptly upon the scene, and in a
minutes the flames were eXtinguist
The store house belonging to Capt. You
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